Goodwill is looking for sales-driven, customer focused retail professionals to join the team. Are you someone who has a retail work ethic and human services heart? If you’ve been searching for a workplace that inspires and rewards, we invite you to join us! We will be offering immediate interviews for Northern New Jersey stores.
This Thursday, April 30, we will hold a retail job fair at our Harrison Goodwill store from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some positions include:
Store Managers
Assistant managers
Third Key/keyholder
Store Associates
Cashiers
Production Workers
All interested candidates must have a resume to interview at the job fair.
Harrison Goodwill
Thursday, April 30
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
400 Supor Boulevard
Harrison, NJ 07029
Tuesday, April 28th @ 7:00pm- DEAN MCDERMOTT will sign his new cookbook: The Gourmet Dad ($27.95)
Wednesday, April 29th @ 8:00pm- JOHN “JOHNNY ROTTEN” LYDON, will sign his new book: Anger is An Energy ($28.99).
Thursday, April 30th @ 7:00pm- BODHI the Menswear Dog, will be here for the book: Menswear Dog Presents: The New Classics ($16.95).
Saturday, May 2nd @ 2:00pm- STEVE KATZ, will sign his new book: Blood Sweat and My Rock N’ Roll Years ($26.95)
Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.
Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.
First In Line Certificate use is the the discretion of Bookends. Blackout dates may apply.
Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.
While we try to ensure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.
Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726
Do you experience stress on a daily basis? Do you over-react to daily stressors? Are you overly sensitive and irritable? Do you have aches and pains related to your stress?
If you answered yes to any of these questions then you need to attend the workshop:
Come Discover Ways to De-stress and Manage Your Reactions to Life’s Daily Challenges, Crazy Schedules, and Over Committed Calendars
Anne Dealy is partnering with Gail Sobel, MD and Susan Lukas, a psychotherapist (both are Certified Energy Medicine Practitioners) in teaching a hands-on training class on Stress Relief in 3 separate and unique workshops. You will learn how to remove stress from your body and to manage stress in the moment.
This class will be loaded with valuable information that you will be able to use on yourself and your family and friends. The workshop dates are May 3rd and 17th and June 7th. These are Sundays and the time is 2- 4:30 pm. You can attend one or all the sessions (highly recommend all 3!!!).
Please feel free to send this invitation to anyone you know would be interested in attending. All are welcome!
If you want to attend, please let Anne know by email, send a check through PayPal to Anne [email protected] (it will say Optimal Health and Wellness Center) or send a check by snail mail to 510 Fairfield Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450.
Also, please feel free to reach out at 201-925-10461
Ridgewood NJ. The RHS Advanced Latin Academic Team competed at Harvard University’s Invitational Certamen Tournament in March, testing their skills against the nation’s top teams. In their best showing yet at the national level, RHS outscored all but five teams, finishing in sixth place and besting major contenders who had defeated them in past meets. They moved onto to take second place at the New Jersey Junior Classical League 2015 Convention state championships on April 25. In individual academic, artistic and athletic contests RHS excelled, taking first place ribbons in five academic categories as well as several second and third place ribbons, as follows:
Academic Awards: Audrey Gao, Second Place, Roman Life, Intermediate Charlotte Kahan, First Place, Roman Life, Advanced Peter Psathas, First Place, Mythology, Advanced; Second Place, Latin Grammar, Advanced; Second Place, Latin Vocabulary, Advanced Anthony Tokarz, First Place , Roman History, Advanced; First Place, Latin Vocabulary, Advanced; First, Place, Latin Oratory, Advanced; Third Place, Roman Life, Advanced Jeff Zachem, Second Place, Latin Oratory, Advanced Art and Design: Poyani Bavishi, Second Place, Impromptu Art; Second Place, Hand-drawn Classical Bookmark Athletic Events: James Psathas, Second Place, 100-Meter, Advanced Boys The Latin Club advisor is Catherine Venturini. Photo 1: Team Captain Peter Psathas, Poyani Bavishi, Sophie Simpson and James Psathas pose in Harvard Yard. Photo 2: The team at the state championships.
Ridgewood NJ, which includes The Valley Hospital, Valley Medical Group and Valley Home Care — is using both services to simplify appointment scheduling for patients. Valley Medical Group (VMG) has partnered with ZocDoc to offer online appointment scheduling for select physicians. The Valley Hospital Emergency Department offers InQuicker to allow patients with non-life-threating medical conditions to browse and select a treatment time in advance of arriving at the hospital.
ZocDoc gives patients a simple, convenient way to book a doctor’s appointment at any time, even when the doctor’s office is closed. Appointments can be made with VMG physicians in the following specialties: primary care, cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, and dermatology. To use this free service, visit www.ValleyMedicalGroup.com and click on the “Book an Appointment” button, or download the ZocDoc app.
“At Valley Medical Group, we are committed to increasing access to our physicians and services and enhancing the patient experience,” said Marc Goldstein, President of VMG. “By offering the option of scheduling medical appointments online with select VMG physicians, we are providing better access to quality care and making the process of scheduling an appointment much more convenient for our patients.”
InQuicker allows patients to browse, select, and lock in a treatment time in Valley’s adult or pediatric Emergency Departments online at www.ValleyHealth.com. Simply click on the ED Check-In Online button at the top of the page and complete a few simple online steps to book a treatment time. The ED is sent a notification with details about the patient and the time selection. A triage nurse then reviews the information and sends a real-time confirmation via phone or e-mail to the patient.
“Knowing their treatment time allows patients to wait comfortably at home before coming to the hospital for care,” said Chris Robertson, Director of Valley’s Emergency Department. “The service has been very well-received by our patients who have used it.”
Mon, May 04, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM
Ridgewood YMCA, 112 Oak St., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
The Ridgewood YMCA / YWCA Bergen County, in cooperation with Bookends Bookstore, is proud to welcome Taya Kyle, widow of US Navy Seal and “American Sniper”, Chris Kyle, to the Y to discuss her new book, American Wife: Love, War, Faith and Renewal.
This seated event will begin at 7pm on Monday, May 4 and will include a talk by Taya followed by a question and answer session. Tickets are $35 each and include a signed copy of American Wife.
Limited space is available for this event. To purchase tickets, please visit Bookends Bookstore at 211 E Ridgewood Ave in Ridgewood or call (201) 445-0726.
APRIL 27, 2015 LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015, 9:24 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Proposed changes to the master plan amendment were presented to the Planning Board by Village Planner Blais Brancheau in an attempt to address some concerns discussed by board members at a previous meeting.
Ridgewood Planner Blais Brancheau discusses proposed changes to a master plan amendment that would allow multifamily housing in the Central Business District.
The new amendment features zoning changes as well as a reduction in density, lowering the total number of possible units to less than 300 if the zones contained in the master plan amendment were built out to maximum capacity.
Changes in the maximum height, floor area ratios and additional language to require recreation and social amenities as part of any housing project were also presented.
The board voted unanimously to formally prepare the changes for a public hearing at its next meeting on May 5, where both the public and board members will be able to comment and ask additional questions.
Key zoning changes include three properties in the area of West Bergen Mental Healthcare building being excluded from the C-R zone, moving the Ken Smith property and the area at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Chestnut Street into the B-3-R zone.
On Friday, an administrative law judge in Oregon recommended a $135,000 fine for the bakery company Sweet Cakes by Melissa.
The owners, Aaron and Melissa Klein, refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. They are Christians who do not believe in same-sex marriage.
The lesbian couple claimed they had justification for “damages” against the Kleins:
In their lawsuit, the two women claimed they felt “mentally raped,” as part of a list of 88 symptoms of emotional distress they experienced at being refused a cake.
The long list of symptoms included “acute loss of confidence,” “doubt,” “excessive sleep,” “felt mentally raped, dirty and shameful,” “high blood pressure,” “impaired digestion,” “loss of appetite,” “migraine headaches,” “pale and sick at home after work,” “resumption of smoking habit,” “shock,” “stunned,” “surprise,” “uncertainty,” “weight gain” and “worry.”
This comes in the wake of controversies over religious freedom legislation in Indiana and Arkansas. A more narrow measure that deals exclusively with marriage is under consideration in Louisiana. In all three states, gay rights groups strongly oppose these laws.
The question has to be asked: At this point can gay marriage co-exist with religious freedom?
More and more conservatives are coming out for gay marriage. The Supreme Court will likely rule in favor of same-sex marriage in all 50 states this summer. Polls show that an increasing majority of Americans favor same-sex marriage. The battle is all but over nationwide.
The real test for those who support freedom is whether they uphold it for people who are unpopular, such as opponents of same-sex marriage. In a free society, there should be protections for mom and pop wedding service providers who cannot in good conscience service same-sex weddings. Those businesses are an extension of their owners, who should not be asked to check their beliefs at the door.
Many orthodox Christian sects, among other religions, continue to view same-sex marriage as sacrilege. What right does the state have to force these people to think differently?
Read more at https://rare.us/story/can-gay-marriage-and-religious-freedom-co-exist/#1aGc2zCobmFpTuEJ.99
Earth Day provided a fresh opening for Obama to raise alarms about global warming based on beliefs, not science.
By
LAMAR SMITH
April 23, 2015 7:35 p.m. ET
‘Today, our planet faces new challenges, but none pose a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” President Obamawrote in his proclamation for Earth Day on Wednesday. “As a Nation, we must act before it is too late.”
Secretary of State John Kerry, in an Earth Day op-ed for USA Today, declared that climate change has put America “on a dangerous path—along with the rest of the world.”
Both the president and Mr. Kerry cited rapidly warming global temperatures and ever-more-severe storms caused by climate change as reasons for urgent action.
Given that for the past decade and a half global-temperature increases have been negligible, and that the worsening-storms scenario has been widely debunked, the pronouncements from the Obama administration sound more like scare tactics than fact-based declarations.
Voters Want Aggressive Government Reform, Not Tinkering Around the Edges
By Charles S. Clark
April 24, 2015
Eroding confidence in government has shrunk the ranks of reinventing government “tinkerers,” providing an opening for a more-aggressive reform platform for the 2016 election, says a new polling analysis released Friday in a Brookings Institution paper.
Government reform themes likely to emerge during the election boil down to whether the next president should “cut federal programs to reduce the power of government, or maintain existing programs to deal with important problems,” wrote Paul C. Light, professor of public service at New York University. A second key question is whether to “winnow the federal agenda to a smaller set of priorities, or accept the current priorities and focus on reducing federal inefficiency.”
In a new analysis of demographic and ideological groupings, Light observed that “Americans are saying there is something wrong with how government works, though they may not know why, and the drivers are largely negative.” The current political campaigns against government now focus on incompetence, not sloth or the size of government as in the past.
HACKENSACK – Braced against the federal corruption charges filed against him, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) stood up to a bracing breeze at the Bergen County commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide and criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the issue. (Bonamo/PolitickerNJ)
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday said Democrats had gone to extremes in their persecution of Christians.
“Today’s Democratic Party has decided there is no room for Christians in today’s Democratic Party,” he said at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition summit in Waukee, Iowa.
“There is a liberal fascism that is going after Christian believers,” the 2016 GOP presidential candidate continued.
“It is heartbreaking,” Cruz argued. “But it is so extreme, it is waking people up.”
Cruz said same-sex marriage had produced rabid zealotry in Democratic ranks. This ideology, he argued, was excluding people of faith.
“Today’s Democratic Party has become so radicalized for legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states that there is no longer any room for religious liberty,” he said.
The Texas lawmaker said this stance was against America’s traditional values. Religious liberty, Cruz claimed, was one of the nation’s founding principles.
“We were founded by men and women fleeing religious persecution,” Cruz declared.
“We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of the Judeo-Christian values upon which America was built,” he concluded.
Russian Hackers Read Obama’s Unclassified Emails, Officials Say
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and DAVID E. SANGERAPRIL 25, 2015
WASHINGTON — Some of President Obama’s email correspondence was swept up by Russian hackers last year in a breach of the White House’s unclassified computer system that was far more intrusive and worrisome than has been publicly acknowledged, according to senior American officials briefed on the investigation.
The hackers, who also got deeply into the State Department’s unclassified system, do not appear to have penetrated closely guarded servers that control the message traffic from Mr. Obama’s BlackBerry, which he or an aide carries constantly.
But they obtained access to the email archives of people inside the White House, and perhaps some outside, with whom Mr. Obama regularly communicated. From those accounts, they reached emails that the president had sent and received, according to officials briefed on the investigation.
White House officials said that no classified networks had been compromised, and that the hackers had collected no classified information. Many senior officials have two computers in their offices, one operating on a highly secure classified network and another connected to the outside world for unclassified communications.
But officials have conceded that the unclassified system routinely contains much information that is considered highly sensitive: schedules, email exchanges with ambassadors and diplomats, discussions of pending personnel moves and legislation, and, inevitably, some debate about policy.
APRIL 26, 2015 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015, 5:07 PM
BY KARA YORIO
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
A kindergartner is grabbed by the arm and dragged into the classroom she is afraid to enter.
A middle-schooler has an anxiety attack in gym class, and the teacher stands there looking at his watch, timing the student’s struggle while classmates laugh.
APRIL 26, 2015 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015, 4:24
BY KATHLEEN LYNN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
In Montvale, land is being cleared for a new town house development near the New York State line. In Wood-Ridge, new town houses are rising on an old industrial site. And 150 new town houses are under construction in Allendale.
As the economy and housing market continue to recover in New Jersey and nationwide, these and other projects suggest a renewed interest in the attached, two-story homes. The construction of town houses and other for-sale homes still lags behind the much healthier pace of rental construction in the state, as tough lending standards and memories of the housing crash weigh on many households.
But builders see town houses as a more affordable alternative to single-family homes. Town houses also are more suited than detached homes to the type of development that is dominating North Jersey. Instead of the sprawling, single-family subdivisions of an earlier era, builders now are focusing on so-called infill construction, in walkable, transit-friendly areas closer to New York City.
